​Tiffany Yu + Brandon Farbstein: The Anti-Ableist Manifesto

​Wednesday, October 9 from 6:00-7:00PM PT

​Join us for a release event with disability advocate Tiffany Yu for a discussion of her debut book The Anti-Ableist Manifesto: Smashing Stereotypes, Forging Change, and Building a Disability-Inclusive World.

​Joining Tiffany in conversation is Gen Z activist and author Brandon Farbstein.

​This event will be hosted at The Last Bookstore in DTLA (453 S Spring St).

​Flow of the event:

• ​06:00 - Fireside chat with Tiffany and Brandon

• ​06:45 - Q&A

• ​07:00 - Signing and meet & greet

​ACCESSIBILITY

​Front entrance is wheelchair accessible. There is an elevator to the second floor/mezzanine.

​ASL interpreters provided.

​For further information, or to make a request, please contact Alexandra.Hernandez@hbgusa.com.

​In THE ANTI-ABLEIST MANIFESTO, Tiffany Yu presents frameworks for conversations, breaks down the language of ableism, and proposes real actions that lead to genuine and authentic allyship. Yu includes contributions from disability advocates, activists, authors, entrepreneurs, scholars, educators, and executives to highlight the importance of an intersectional view of disability and celebrates the power of stories and lived experiences to center the vast range of disabled identities that have far too often been “othered” and rendered invisible.

​Organized from the personal to the professional, the domestic to the political, Me to We to Us, THE ANTI-ABLEIST MANIFESTO offers the tools to become an active anti-ableist including:

• ​Ways to support disabled people within our communities

• ​Identifying and preventing microaggressions, and removing ableist language from our vocabulary

• ​How to increase accessibility in public and professional spaces

• ​How to create truly inclusive events

​ABOUT TIFFANY YU

​Tiffany Yu is an award-winning social impact entrepreneur, disability advocate, and content creator. She is the founder and CEO of Diversability, a social enterprise aiming to elevate disability pride and build disability power. Having started her career at Goldman Sachs, Bloomberg, and REVOLT, Yu is now an in-demand corporate speaker, creating an approachable bridge in corporate diversity, equity, and inclusion spaces. Yu is the cofounder of the Awesome Foundation Disability Chapter, serves on the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games Working Group, and was a co-chair of the World Economic Forum Sustainable Development Impact Summit. Her TED Talk, How to Help Employees with Disabilities Thrive, has over one million views. Her work and story have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Business Insider, Marie Claire, Forbes, USA Today, The Guardian and more.

​ABOUT BRANDON FARBSTEIN

​Brandon Farbstein is a renowned empowerment speaker, Gen Z activist, and author. He inspires millions of people across the globe with his universal message of living life on your own terms and building the framework for self-acceptance. 

Born with an extremely rare form of dwarfism, Brandon has turned his life experience of suffering, isolation, and victimhood into empowerment, impact and influence. After a severe battle with cyberbullying in high school, he decided to share his story to both offer hope and to enact change. Brandon was the driving force behind two new pieces of legislation that were signed into law in Virginia by the time he turned 18. The first addressing bullying prevention and the other requiring empathy and emotional intelligence to be taught in all K-12 classrooms across the state.

Whether sharing his message with thousands of students at a time, empowering readers with his books Ten Feet Tall & A Kids Book About Self-Love, or working with Fortune 100 companies like Meta, HP, and Marriott, Brandon consistently delivers tools to audiences of all ages to shatter limiting beliefs, elevate their mindset, and create an amplified life. 

He frequently advises foundations, boards, and large scale organizations on their belonging + social impact efforts, especially towards the disability community - the largest minority group in the world comprising 15% of the global population. Brandon currently serves on multiple boards in addition to being a Founding Partner of Daniel Lubetzky’s Starts With Us movement.

Brandon continues to break barriers and pave the way for people who often feel invisible. In 2020, Brandon made his runway debut at NY Fashion Week wearing Tommy Hilfiger Adaptive and has become a sought-after voice for inclusion. With his mission to Elevate Empathy®, Brandon was named Instagram’s #19under19 as one of the most influential young people in the world. Most recently, LinkedIn recognized Brandon as a Top Voice for global disability advocacy.